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Disability
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Montgomery
County Government does not endorse or assume responsibility for
any product,
method, service or treatment listed in this resource directory that
is not a County program.
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Home
Care Services - Funding Resources
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Care Providers • Personal
Care Attendant Registry
| Montgomery
County Department of Health & Human Services - Home Care Services
- Aging and Disability Services |
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240-777-3000
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240-777-4575 (TTY)
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Provides
assessment for personal care services and funding, and help with personal
care to frail elderly and people with physical and/or mental disabilities
who need assistance in caring for themselves. Home health aides help
eligible individuals maintain an appropriate level of self-sufficiency.
Call if you need the service or assessment to determine your qualifications
for funding.
Administer the In-Home Aide Services (IHAS) program for people who
do not receive third-party reimbursement (Medicare, Medicaid, private
insurance). You must agree to pay any fee required on a sliding fee
scale. Eligible applicants may be placed on a wait list for this program.
In addition, emergency temporary back up coverage for personal care
services is available for residents who use the Medical Assistance
Personal Care Program. |
| Attendant
Care Program - Maryland Department of Disabilities |
Maxine Morris,
Program Manager
217 East Redwood Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
E-mail: mmorris@mdod.state.md.us
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410-767-6025
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1-800-637-4113 (TTY)
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Financial reimbursement
to individuals with long-term or severe physical disabilities who
require attendant services such as in-home assistance with personal
care, household chores, and transportation. To be eligible YOU MUST:
- Be a Maryland
resident, AND
- Be between
the ages of 18 - 64, AND
- Be determined
and certified by your physician to have a severe disability that
keeps you from performing essential activities of daily living,
self-care, and mobility, AND
- Not be receiving
duplicative attendant care services on the SAME day (i.e. you
could receive service from one program Monday to Friday and the
other on the weekend), AND
- You must
be employed, OR you must be actively seeking employment, OR you
must be enrolled in an institution of post secondary or higher
education, OR you must be a nursing facility resident who would
be able to reside in the community if attendant care is provided,
OR you must be at risk of nursing facility placement if you do
not receive attendant care services in the community.
Consumer is
reimbursed a percentage of attendant care costs based on annual
income, family size, and program funding. It is recommended to have
the State's Medical Assistance Personal Care (MAPC) services or
the County's In-Home Aide Services (IHAS) in place prior to applying
to the State's Attendant Care Program.
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| Living
at Home Waiver Program - Coordinating Center for Home and Community
Care |
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410-767-7639
(V)
1-800-332-6327 (V)
1-800-925-4434 (TTY)
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Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene administers the Maryland
Community Choice or Living at Home Waiver that provides services for
those eligible individuals that meet a nursing home level of care
and are between the ages of 18 and 64. This waiver is designed
to provide consumer-directed personal assistance services for adults
with physical disabilities in their own home. Waiver services include
attendant care, administrative case management, family and/or consumer
training, skilled nursing supervision, personal emergency response
systems, environmental accessibility adaptations, and occupational
and speech/language therapies. Persons receiving Medicaid and living
for at least 30 days in a long term care facility are automatically
eligible for the Living at Home Waiver. If the person receives both
Medicaid and Medicare the wait is at least 60 days before being able
to apply for waiver services. |
| Medical
Assistance Personal Care Program |
Maryland Dept.
of Health & Mental Hygiene
201 W. Preston Street
Baltimore, MD 21201 |
1-877-463-3464
x 1444 (Toll Free)
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Medicaid Personal Care Program provides assistance with activities
of daily living to Medicaid recipients who have a chronic illness,
medical condition or disability. Services are provided by self-employed
or agency employed providers, who are approved and monitored by a
nurse case monitor from a local health department. Services are provided
in the eligible individual's home or community residence. |
| Medicaid
Waiver for Older Adults |
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240-777-3000
(V)
1-866-417-3480 (Waiver Registry)
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| A program
to enable older adults to remain in a community setting even though
their age or disability might warrant placement in a long-term care
facility (nursing home). MAW allows services that are typically covered
by Medicaid in a long term care facility to be provided to eligible
persons in their own homes or in assisted living facilities. Services
provided may include personal care, respite care, home delivered meals,
assisted living services, family or consumer training, personal emergency
response systems, dietitian/nutritionist services, assistive devices,
environmental adaptations and assessments and behavior consultation
services. Case management is provided by local AAA. |
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| Rare
and Expensive Case Management (REM) |
Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene
Division of Children's Services
201 West Preston Street, Room 210
Baltimore, MD 21201 |
1-800-565-8190
(Toll Free)
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Medicaid program that is part of Maryland's managed care system known
as HealthChoice. The program is intended to provide specialized services
to people with special health care needs who are also eligible for
Maryland Medical Assistance. To be eligible, the person must have
a diagnosis that is included in the program's criteria. The individual's
special needs must be considered to be outside the scope of services
provided through Medicaid managed care organizations. |
| Senior
Care Program |
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240-777-3000
(V)
240-777-4575 (TTY)
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personal care for people who are 65 years or older, have a disability
and are at risk of entering a nursing home, whose income is not more
than 60% or the State's median income per month, and have assets that
meet the eligibility requirements. |
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Care Providers . Personal
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a PDF
version of this document. Alternative formats of this document
are available upon request. To submit an update, please contact:
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Carly
Clem, Office Services Coordinator, or Betsy
Luecking, Disability Policy Specialist
240-777-1246 (V) • MD Relay 711
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